"For almost 80 years the pretty quilt, hand-stitched from scraps of old farm clothes and backed with fabric from flour sacks bought at a local mill, had been forgotten at the bottom of a family trunk. "Then one day two summers ago, an elderly couple walked into a local museum, shyly offering up the surprisingly well-preserved quilt for sale. The 90-year-old man, who had lived his whole life on the flat plains an hour north of Denver, was divvying up family heirlooms when he found the mysterious quilt. "The man didn't remember seeing the quilt before and wasn't sure who made it. His mother and sister had been avid quilters, as had so many women of his childhood. Maybe they made it together and it was tucked away when his mother died in 1934. His sister was also dead, so there was no one left to ask." Swastika quilt roils Colorado town - latimes.com Dave
It is unfortunate that twelve years of mis-use by one man and his party/government could ruin the reputation of an ancient centuries old symbol. Too bad the stain remains, and it is especially revealing how narrowly this symbol is viewed by so many.
